Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

There Is No Devil by Sophie Lark

7 reviews

hereiskyra's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

The first 25-50% of this book was not my cup of tea but it really picked up in the last half and I enjoyed the more thriller elements and less of the weird back and forth psycho romance nonsense (sorry, their relationship is a little odd). 

I think the longer we get to see Mara and Cole grow as characters, I liked them both less. I’m not sure why but Mara’s personality gets on my nerves. 

But, like I said, the last half of the book was great so it really brought it all together well and made up for a little bit of the weird vibes.

Tropes/themes:
Stalker/Obsessive MMC

Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Murder

nickbreezyreads_'s review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Stalking, Sexual violence, Blood, and Alcoholism

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Car accident, Grief, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

ktkeps's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Death, Murder, Child abuse, and Blood

shaipanda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Ok absolutely binged this duology and definitely preferred the first one - this one gets wayyyy darker which was a lot at times and just overall this was a lot but still definitely really liked this series despite it being super tucked up lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Alcohol, Torture, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Death, Violence, Murder, Mental illness, Death of parent, Classism, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Body shaming and Abortion

lilithreads's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Drug use, Mental illness, Murder, Emotional abuse, Violence, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

sam019's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Good sequel and loved the ending! Super good story but there was just something about it that I felt was missing but I don't even know what so I'm just rating it 4 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Stalking, and Suicide